The
papers of David Morrell are on deposit at the University of Iowa, placed by
Mr. Morrell over a period of years beginning in 1988. The collection of David
Morrell papers is still growing with his periodic deposits.

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David Morrell was
born in Kitchener, Ontario, on April 24, 1943. He earned a B.A. in English from
St. Jerome's College at the University of Waterloo in Ontario in 1966. The following
year he received his M.A. from Pennsylvania State University. He was awarded
his Ph.D. from Penn State in 1970, with a degree in American literature. Morrell
taught American literature in the English department of the University of Iowa
from 1970 to 1986. A full professor since 1977, David Morrell retired from teaching
in 1986 to pursue a full-time career as a fiction writer. He published his first
novel, First Blood, in 1972. He is best known for his fast-paced action
adventures which introduced the character Rambo. Many of his novels have been
adapted for film and television. In 1987, Morrell wrote Fireflies, an
account of his 15-year-old son Matthew's death from cancer. In 1992, after 22
years in Iowa City, the Morrells moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he continues
to write and publish.

Scope and Contents

They consist of approximately
seven linear feet of papers dating from 1974 to 1999. The papers are arranged
alphabetically by folder title within each subsequent year's addition. Included
are typescript drafts of some of his novels, including The Fifth Profession,
Blood Oath, and Fireflies. There are also drafts of scripts and teleplays
written by Morrell and others, including various Rambo scripts written by the
actor Sylvester Stallone. Video tapes, audio tapes, research notes, book reviews,
and interviews make up the rest of the collection.

"The Major and
the Minor McQueen: The Sand Pebbles and Le Mans." The Perfect Vision,
Vol. 5, No. 20, pp. 122 -- 126. Winter 1994. This issue also includes a letter
to the editor and Morrell's response, pp. 18 -- 22.